Villa Verde, one time favourite for last year’s Group 1 $3.5m Tooheys New Golden Slipper (1200m) at Rosehill, had already left Bendigo trainer Shaun Dwyer’s stables and arrived at Randwick in fine order.

“Shaun thought she might be better off here and the owners agreed to take his advice,” Cummings told Racing Network.

“She arrived here last night.”

Villa Verde was one of the best performed early two year olds las t season and showed Dwyer so much potential in winning at Caulfield and Flemington, he decided to bypass the Group 1 $1m Patinack Farm Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield for a Golden Slipper campaign.

The Not A Single Doubt filly then ran second to the Gai Waterhouse trained Overreach in the Group 2 $300,000 Reisling Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill before running seventh to the same filly in the Golden Slipper.

Author: Mark Mazzaglia

Mark is a passionate journalist with a life-time involvement in the racing industry. He spent many years as an analyst and form expert at the Courier Mail and also has hands-on experience working with some of Queensland’s top trainers.